Functional ink preparation and micropatterning using inkjet

我们正在申请资金，用于制备、表征和图案化功能性油墨所需的工具，这些油墨将使用新型喷墨微图案化技术印刷。这些工具将使一些关键的跨学科研究方向在UBC，包括一种新的植物生长测量技术，使用功能染料的微图案阵列在叶片表面，人工组织和器官的发展使用喷墨打印细胞和细胞间支架组织工程应用，可打印的化学传感器监测重要的空气污染的空气传播前体，可印刷的轮胎监控设备旨在防止轮胎故障导致的危险事故，可印刷的超级电容器用于高容量和低成本的能量存储，以及用于有机电子的新型喷墨印刷晶体管。

We are requesting funding for tools required to prepare, characterize, and pattern functional inks, which will be printed using a novel inkjet micropatterning technique. These tools will enable a number of key interdisciplinary research directions at UBC including a novel plant growth measurement technique using micropatterned arrays of functional dyes on the leaf surface, the development of artificial tissues and organs using inkjet printed cells and intercellular scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, printable chemical sensors for monitoring important airborne precursors to air pollution, printable tire monitoring devices designed to prevent dangerous accidents resulting from tire failures, printable supercapacitors for high-capacity and low-cost energy storage, and novel inkjet-printed transistors for organic electronics.